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1076: 424:). Four of the other 1899 Western League cities now host Major League Baseball today (Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis and Saint Paul jointly), while three do not (Buffalo, Grand Rapids, and Indianapolis, but all have minor league teams). This membership list for both leagues lasted in place for nearly a half-century until the move of the 267:, which won the title by 15½ games on October 2, 1887. The league returned in February 1888, but dissolved after a partial season on June 21, 1888. Denver had finished first with a record of 18 wins and 6 losses. The league was revived in 1892. Columbus won the title with a record of 46 wins and 26 losses. The league shut down on July 11, 1892. 355:. However, the new team in Chicago was subject to rules from the NL. The Cubs (then called the Orphans) were allowed to draft two players each year from the AL team. Comiskey was also barred from using the name "Chicago" in all of his dealings, so he cleverly revived the old moniker "White Stockings" from the days of 419:
in 1903, for the reason that the new league would not be totally respected and have "major league" status without a team in the nation's largest city. The American League team lineup settled on five franchises in cities that already had NL teams (Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and St.
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changed his league's name to the American League before the 1900 season, another "Western League" was immediately formed to function on the supporting minor-league level. This league operated from 1900 to 1937 and later from 1947 to 1958. Its franchises were located west of the
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After the 1900 season, the American League declined to renew its membership in the "National Agreement" and declared itself a "major league". It began raiding NL team rosters and attempting to compete directly against the NL. The franchises in the smaller cities of
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The league was reformed on January 18, 1886, to play an 80-game schedule. Denver won the pennant on September 20, 1886 with a record of 54 wins and 26 losses. In 1887, the league was dominated by
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Before its incarnation in November 1893, the Western League existed in various forms. The League was formed as a minor league on February 11, 1885. The original clubs were located in
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After the 1899 season, the National League announced it was dropping four of its franchises, reducing its membership from 12 to 8 teams. The franchises that were eliminated were
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Louis) and two in cities that had been recently abandoned by the NL (Cleveland and Washington), but only one in a city remaining from the former Western League lineup of 1899 (
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on October 11, 1899, the Western League renamed itself the American League. It was still a minor league, subject to the
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was hired as president of the new league, and remained so until his retirement nearly 35 years later. Johnson, a
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The league was revived on May 17, 1893 and had planned a schedule before being shut down on June 20, 1893.
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The American League's claim to major league status was disputed, but had to be recognized after the
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for the 1901 season. The second and third of those cities already had NL teams. Next,
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winning the first title with a record of 27–4–1. The league then folded on June 15, 1885.
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leagues that operated between 1885 and 1900. These leagues were focused mainly in the
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In its post-World War II incarnation, the later Western League included clubs in
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Several other 20th century minor-league circuits have also used the same name.
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of 1876, which was centered in the American Northeast states.
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were replaced by the larger, more important urban centers of
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as president in 1894. In 1900, Johnson renamed it the
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There were no seasons in 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1893
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Index

Western League (1885–1899)
Western League (disambiguation)
Western Association
Baseball
American League
CEO
Ban Johnson
Chicago White Stockings
Western Association
minor league baseball
Midwestern United States
Ban Johnson
American League
major league
National League
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Toledo
Omaha
Keokuk, Iowa
Indianapolis Hoosiers
Topeka
Golden Giants
Bug Holliday
Jim Conway
Perry Werden
Jimmy Macullar
Detroit, Michigan

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